symŽ wrote:
CGI.pm would replace that code nicely. But I don't have that luxury unfortunately
Not true. You mentioned that you have Perl 5.00503. That includes CGI.pm as one of the standard modules. If your fellow programmers cannot appreciate good, solid code that functions better than what currently exists, why are they programmers?

Side note: Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that I'm getting a bit "rougher" in my posts?

Cheers,
Ovid

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In reply to (Ovid) Re(4): hashes filling up with funk by Ovid
in thread hashes filling up with funk by symŽ

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